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Meadowbrook has a new principal

By MAlloRY WilSoN mwilson@liherald.com

Courtesy Olga Kalogiannis

olGA KAloGiANNiS ANd her husband, Theodore, moved to East Meadow in 2014 with their son, Leo.

A PTA leader loved by all Olga Kalogiannis’s generosity shines

By MAlloRY WilSoN mwilson@liherald.com

Olga Kalogiannis, an officer at Marathon Bank in Queens from 2000 to 2011, started volunteering for the Barnum Woods Elementary School PTA when her son, Leo, now 10, started kindergarten in 2016.

She has since held several positions in the Bar num Woods PTA and on the East Meadow PTA Council, the liaison for each school’s indi-

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leaders Third in a series vidual PTA. She is now Barnum Woods PTA’s first vice president and the PTA Council’s first vice president.

She joined the PTA, she

said, so she could be involved in Leo’s school and get to know it and the people there better. “I thought it was good to know his surroundings,” she said. “Getting involved in the PTA, it gave me a chance to know so many people.”

Her first position was as Barnum Woods PTA treasurer in 2017. She later became recording secretary and second vice president, posts she said she had not imagined Continued on page 14

Meadowbrook Elementary School is getting a new principal, the East Meadow Board of Education said at its Dec. 12 meeting. Danielle Lasher will take the school’s reins Feb. 1 from Kelly Di Scalfani, who is retiring.

Lasher, 35, has been the Woodland Middle School assistant principal since 2017 and is also the Special Education Department chairwoman.

“It’s been great here because we’ve seen a lot of changes since I’ve been here,” Lasher said. “We even started an integrated co-teaching program after I began working at Woodland. It was great because I got to be a part of it from the beginning.” Co-taught classes mix general-education students and those with individualized education programs, or IEPs. Lasher’s first teaching job was at Eastside Middle School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side 2010. There, she taught special education and humanities until 2016, when she became an assistant principal at the Quest to Learn school, a middle school and high school in Chelsea, Manhattan.

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dANiEllE lAShER Will take over as the new Meadowbrook Elementary School principal next month.

Lasher earned her bachelor’s in psychology and English in 2008 from upstate Binghamton University and her master’s in 2010 in childhood education special education from the City University of New York’s Hunter College. She received a cerContinued on page 12

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By Mallory Wilson mwilson@liherald.com

Kerry Dunne, principal of McVey Elementary School contributed to a book this past summer. “Building Community and Capacity for Data Intensive Evidence Based Decision Making in Schools and Districts,” is a result of a four-year partnership between Nassau BOCES and the Teachers College at Columbia University, according to a press release.

Dunne was one of 15 educators invited to coauthor the ebook. The work is the combination of a data collaborative led by Alex Bowers, a professor of education leadership from Columbia Teachers College, in conjunction with Nassau BOCES Instructional D a t a Wa r e house, a repository for student data collected from multiple sources and org aniz ed for analysis and reporting. The data is collected from nearly five thousand educators, according to the press release.

“This project has helped to create a paradigm shift in the w ay we m e e t district needs,” said Meador Pratt, the Regional Information Centers director for Nassau BOCES, in a Kerry Dunne statement. “...

As a result, we Principal, are more cogniMcVey Elementary zant than we’ve School ever been of our districts’ needs.”

The book, published in summer of 2021, was funded by a half-million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation and is designed to help Long Island school districts create instruction. The book is aimed towards educators who want to learn how to use data to promote improvement in how instruction is taught to students. The data was collected to create a better informed “evidencebased instructional decision-making process,” the press release said.

“This really isn’t about data,” Bowers said during his keynote address at the official NSF grant project launch. “It’s about relationships and making connections. The numbers come second.”

Dunne has been using data at McVey

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ur approach is to let the children speak to us about their learning as much as possible. The only way for them to let us know how they’re doing is through our ability to take the information they give us, understand what it’s saying to us about their learning and then apply it to our plan for the next learning session.

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Dunne has alWays strived to make McVey the best and in 2015 the school was a Blue Ribbon Award nominee.

Kerry Dunne helpeD write a book geared towards data-minded educators. since she started as principal 13 years ago and she said it has caused the school to come a long way.

“McVey somewhat defies the data,” Dunne said. “We’re not a high wealth area but yet our students perform as well as or better than high wealth districts.”

According to Niche.com, a ranking and reviewing site, McVey ranked number 31 out of 2,459 elementary schools in New York.

She first got involved in this project in Dec. 2019 when she was invited by Nassau BOCES as one of the top “data-minded” educators on Long Island to go to an NSF education data analytics collaborative workshop at the Columbia Teachers College in Manhattan. She was familiar with Nassau BOCES because she has taught data training there for about five

years.

The event was a two-day workshop where other data-minded educators got together and tried to understand the needs of educators and education data and then together build prototypes of how educators could use the data they receive.

“The thing is that data is readily available but it’s really hard to use,” Dunne said. “How do you use it, what does it tell you and how quickly can you find out what it tells you because if you find out too late you’re already past the point that you can use it.”

Her chapter in the book talks about how she uses data at McVey. Her chapter is number 20.

“I really believe that our approach to using data and the way in which we con-

sume it and apply it has made a tremendous difference,” she said. “How our children are prepared when they leave us to go to middle school is very important.”

The data she is referring to is state test results, geographic data, attendance, demographics, student feedback, unit assessments, entry tickets and exit tickets, which are tests students will take at the beginning and end of lesson to see what they retained.

“Community members should be able to look at the data and see how their school is doing compared to other schools,” she said. “For me as the principal it helps me see how we’re doing.”

She said that the data helps her see if the curriculum is where it needs to be, if their teaching strategies are effective and if the students are retaining what they’re learning.

“Our approach is to let the children speak to us about their learning as much as possible,” she said. “The only way for them to let us know how they’re doing is through our ability to take the information they give us, understand what it’s saying to us about their learning and then apply it to our plan for the next learning session.”

Dunne said that at McVey the teachers and she do a lot of formative assessments to see if the children are consuming what they’re learning. These assessments include the entry and exit exams and learning checkpoints. She said that they then get together and discuss the data collected from these assessments to try to come up with ways to better the learning experience for the students.

“It’s a constant cycle of listening to what the children are telling us through their work and reevaluating our practice, reevaluating our instruction, reevaluating our planning to meet the children where they are,” she said. “And that’s really what data should do. It should be a constant cycle of collecting, understanding, planning and applying.”

What happened at the BOE meeting?

By MAllOry WilSON mwilson@liherald.com

The East Meadow Board of Education had their monthly meeting on Jan. 12 held at East Meadow High School rather than the usual Salisbury Center.

At the beginning of the meeting it was announced that a new member would be joining the Board of Education. After receiving nine letters of intent, the board chose Sharan Sokhey to fill the vacant seat until the next election. Sokhey was sworn in before the board and the audience.

“Congratulations to Mrs. Sokhey, we are delighted to have you here,” Alisa Baroukh, president of the board of education said at the meeting. “...Mrs. Sokhey really stood out to us.”

Baroukh informed everyone that Sokhey earned her Bachelor’s degree in economics from Berkeley College in California and her Master’s degree in education from Santa Clara University in California. She was a math and science teacher for sixth graders in California until she moved to East Meadow in 2007.

She has two sons and is the immediate past president of the McVey PTA, Baroukh said.

Baroukh addressed the new County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s Jan. 7 order that instructed the board of education to vote on whether to continue to require masks for students. She said that the

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ShArAN SOkhEy, MiDDlE, was sworn in at the BOE meeting on Jan. 12.

Board took Blakeman’s, Governor Kathy Hochul’s and Commissioner of Education Betty Rosa’s statements into consideration when making their decision.

“Based on all that we have read, we believe that it is clear that the masking mandate still remains in effect,” Baroukh said. “As such it is also clear that failure to comply with the education department

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could be a violation of law subjecting the Board to removal and loss of crucial aid to the school district.”

She also noted that she knows that there are parents who are upset with the order and that the Board has read every letter received.

Principal Kelly Di Scalfani will be retiring after 32 years and the Woodland Middle School Assistant Principal, Danielle Lasher, will be taking over come Feb. 1.

“Being a principal is not an easy task especially during a pandemic,” Card said.

“It takes someone very special to handle it all. Over her tenure in the East Meadow School District Ms. Kelly Di Scalfani has kept the physical functioning of her school running smoothly.”

Di Scalfani, in tears, gave a goodbye.

“Whether it was as a teacher, assistant principal, director and finally a principal

of Meadowbrook Elementary School, throughout my career the board of education, administration, staff, parents and of course students have afforded me opportunities to learn and grow,” Di Scalfani said. “I feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of this amazing community.”

One important presentation given during the meeting was from Kerry Dunne, principal of McVey Elementary School addressing the space challenges that the school is facing. Dunne gave a presentation showing how the school has had to make makeshift classrooms in the cafeteria, locker rooms, closets and hallways.

Dunne spoke of how the population is growing and how McVey received 42 new students in the 2021-2022 school year alone.

At the end, Matthew Melnick, board vice president, asked Dunne how the situation could be helped short term.

“I somewhat hate the concept but we might be nearing the point where we need temporary classrooms,” Dunne said. “...

Definitely more storage containers.”

Card said that this problem is an ongoing discussion and that hopefully for the February meeting short term and long term options will be available for the board to review.

A last presentation was by Patrick Pizzo, the assistant superintendent for business and finance, to introduce the budget considerations. This included the positive impacts that may influence the budget such as favorable interest rates on the bond and the energy performance contract, the shift of capital expenditures and federal funds and positive adjustment to foundation aid. There are also negative factors including Covid-19 expenses, the anticipated rise in transportation costs and the long term impact of potential fiscal conditions statewide on anticipated state aid.

The next meeting will be Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Salisbury Center in Westbury.

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Music ensembles at Wo o d l a n d M i d d l e School in East Meadow performed holiday songs throughout the school on Dec. 23. Students took an inschool field trip to watch them perfor m at different locations.

The Woodland Middle School chorus sang holiday songs ahead of Christmas.

The Woodland Middle School band performed for their peers.

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events and activities

Friday, Jan. 21

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Limited seating available so call (516) 795-6248 for reservations.

Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m.

Ann Rothman will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.

Wednesday, Jan. 26 Game day Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 11:30 a.m.. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.

Carltun food and wine The Carltun at 1899 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow will be having their fourth annual food and wine festival from 6 to 10 p.m. Guests at the Carltun On The Park will have the opportunity to sample over 100 wines, a multitude of food selections prepared per Executive Chef Joe Lester, live music, and other activities. To purchase tickets visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ the-carltun-food-wine-festival-tickets-208082810287. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Voters meeting The League of Women Voters will be having a meeting at the East Meadow Public Library from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information visit lwvofnassaucounty.org.

Card making Head to the East Meadow Public Library at 7 p.m. for card making with Christina Del Piano. Enjoy making some Valentine’s Day cards. All materials supplied. Register at www.eastmeadow.info.

LIU vs. LIW There will be a Long Island University vs. Long Island Warriors hockey game at Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park at 200 Merrick Ave. This will be a military appreciation night at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 22 Penny Lane The band Penny Lane will be playing at Borrelli’s at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow at 7:30 p.m. Head down to enjoy some good food and good music.

Luis Medina Luis Medina from the New York Yankees will be at Lucky’s Sports Card and Memorabilia at 1854 Front St., in East Meadow from 1 to 3 p.m. To purchase tickets visit luckysportscards.com.

Jameson Taillon There will be a signing by Jameson Taillon from the New York Yankees at Lucky’s Sports Card and Memorabilia at 1854 Front St., in East Meadow from 1 to 3 p.m. To purchase tickets visit luckysportscards.com.

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Icebreaker run Sign up for the Icebreaker marathon and half marathon on Jan. 23 at Eisenhower Park. Check in is from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Field House between parking fields 1 and 2. There are no age group awards, but there are medals for each finisher. To sign up visit the Run Sign Up website.

Luminescence Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint in blacklight from 9 to 11 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events.

Sunday, Jan. 23 Sunday concert Empire Wild, an ensemble group, will be playing in the East Meadow Public Library’s community room at 2 p.m. Empire Wild was selected as an Ambassador Prize winner in the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and has spent this socially distant year working to reach out to audiences on social media and workshopping material for their next

album. Individually, all three musicians are committed to community engagement and teaching. All classically trained, the three musicians met at Juilliard and formed Empire Wild as a vehicle for their love of musical exploration - fusing the sounds of pop, folk, Broadway and more into their songwriting and composition. Register at www.eastmeadow.info

Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. Those interested in the church’s ancient traditions and liturgical life welcome. Coffee hour follows. For further info email htocem@ gmail.com.

Monday, Jan. 24 Rain kisses Join Pinots Palette at 2557 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow to paint from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. This class is $42 per person. To register visit https://www. pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events.

McVey might market The East Meadow Kiwanis will be collecting food at McVey Elementary School for those in need. Stop by to donate whatever you can.

Tuesday, Jan. 25 Psychic dinner Head down to La Novella at 364 East Meadow Ave., in East Meadow for a psychic dinner with Brenda Lee and

Thursday, Jan. 27 No sew llama Teens in grades 6 through 12 can create a no sew llama cup cozy at 7 p.m. at the East Meadow Public Library.

Register at www.eastmeadow.info.

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Check out public ice skating at https://www.northwellhealthicecenter.com/publicskating.

Clarke Middle School and High School will be having a virtual bingo fundraiser on January 30.

The Carltun will be having a charity cigar event on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

The next American Legion Post 1082 meeting will be February 5 at 11 a.m.

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Hewlett Junior Basketball wEISS aVERagEd 40 points per game in last winter’s shortened season and has picked up where she left off as Long Island’s leading scorer. Three times in Hewlett’s first 10 games the junior guard lit up the scoreboard for more than 50 points. She scored 53 and 55 in consecutive games against Lindenhurst and Kennedy in December, then poured in 53 against conference rival South Side on Jan. 8.

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Gymnastics: South Side at Oceanside....................... 5 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 21

Boys Basketball: Carle Place at West Hemp..........4:45 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Baldwin at Hicksville ....................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Freeport at Oceanside ................6:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Plainview at East Meadow ............... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Hicksville at Baldwin........................ 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Oceanside at Freeport .................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: North Shore at Clarke ..................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Oyster Bay at Malverne ................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Chaminade at Elmont ..................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 22

Girls Basketball: Clarke at North Shore ....................... 10 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Bethpage at V.S. South ..................... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Calhoun at Carey .............................. 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Wantagh at Seaford ........................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: New Hyde Park at Long Beach ........... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Garden City at Sewanhaka ................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Manhasset at Hewlett ..................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Mineola at Lynbrook ......................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Island Trees at Lawrence .................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Carey at Calhoun ................................ 1 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Plainview at Baldwin ......................... 7 p.m.

East Meadow’s boys’ basketball team is beginning to gain some traction.

After being idle for two weeks and coming off a pair of non-league victories using just five bodies, the Jets won consecutive games against Nassau Conference AA-II rivals in less than 24 hours including a 48-42 home triumph over Valley Stream Central last Saturday afternoon.

“It wasn’t pretty but we made some timely plays when we needed to,” head coach Tom Rottkamp said after East Meadow’s fourth win a row brought its overall record to 5-6. “The kids were a little fatigued after last night and they got caught up in Valley Stream’s pace for a while,” he added. “But we made good decisions late in a tight and physical game and that’s a sign the confidence is really growing.”

Like the Jets, Central was also coming off a victory the previous night. However, the Eagles (2-6 overall) couldn’t keep their momentum going after knocking off Westbury due in large part to shooting woes from inside the paint and the foul line. They missed 10 free throws over the first three quarters yet were still within striking distance all afternoon.

“When the ball does go into the basket, there isn’t anything anyone can do,” Central head coach Tim O’Hagan said. “I thought we moved the ball well and had good looks and good attempts. It was just one of those games where we couldn’t get the ball to drop. It’s frustrating.”

Junior Jayden Henriquez scored 11 of his game-high 17 points in the first half to help East Meadow hold a 26-19 lead at intermission after Central scored 10 of the game’s first 15 points. Henriquez was the Jets’ lone double-digit scorer a day after Frank DeStephano (17), senior Jared Shary (14) and junior Manjot Singh (10) did so in a blowout win over Hicksville.

“Jayden hit some nice threes in the first half and that forced them to defend him differently, but then he drove aggressively to the basket in the second half and was effective,” Rottkamp said of

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Seniors Malik Moore (12) and Jayden Vera (10) led a balanced albeit inconsistent Central offense. Moore (24) and junior Dylan Madden (game-high 26) accounted for almost all of its production in last Friday’s 60-51 win over Westbury.

“There are times when we do some really good things and times we don’t,” O’Hagan said. “The one thing about these kids is they’re very resilient. We’ve had some tough losses and they always respond the next day at practice.”

The Eagles trailed 39-29 after Shary opened the fourth quarter with a threepointer but chipped away and made it a one-possession game with 3:33 remaining. Then Shary, senior Shawn Haber and DeStephano all hit clutch shots down the stretch to secure the win.

“We opened the season 1-6 and three of those losses were conference games, so it’s nice to turn things around,” Rottkamp said. “We still have a way to go but we’re in much better shape than we were two weeks ago.”

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Families rung in the New Year alongside seals and wildlife on Jan. 1 when they traveled to Jones Beach State Park for New York State Park’s annual FirstDay Hike.

At Field 10, Jones Beach staff guided viewers in the direction in seals, who could be spotted in the distance bobbing their heads above the water.

From the beach, at least five harbour seals were spotted swimming in a group.

Growing up to six feet in length, these mammals migrate to Jones Beach from late fall to early spring, looking for warmer waters to fish, according to Jones Beach Nature and Energy Educator, Mia Ramirez.

Traveling from New England and Southeastern Canada, the seals hunt for schooling fish and crustaceans and shellfish, Ramirez said.

“People often picture whales, seals, and dolphins to be animals that live in faraway oceans, but once [people] visit Long Island beaches and turn their attention to our waters, they may see a dolphin jump out of the water for the first time,” Ramirez explained. “As an educator, I love when I look at someone’s face and I see it dawn on them that Long Island is a magical place with breathtaking wildlife.”

Phocid seals, also known as true seals, are native to Long Island. Phocidae family

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FROM lEFT TO right, William Ostrow, 43, Maya Ostrow, 8, Glenda Alvarado-Ostrow, 44, Wyatt Ostrow, 11, Manuela Ricci, 43, Sofia Ricci, 13, and Andrew Ricci, 43. seals can be differentiated from other types of seals in the “Pinniped” family such as Otariidae or Odobenidae by their “earless appearance,” meaning they do not have external ear flaps.

Among the five species native to Long Island, the harbor seals are the most common in New York, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Harbor seals have shorter snouts and rounded heads, which gives

them a more “puppy-like” appearance.

“They look like bowling balls bobbing in the water,” said Andrew Ricci, 43, a Merrick resident who participated in the tour.

Ricci was accompanied by his wife, Manuela Ricci, 43, and daughter, Sofia Ricci, 13. This year was their second time attending the Jones Beach First-Day Hike.

Accompanying the Ricci family on the tour was William Ostrow, 43, and his fami-

ly. Nearing the 30th anniversary of their friendship, Ostrow and Andrew, two high school friends, decided to go to Jones Beach together with their families as a celebration. Ostrow was accompanied by his wife, Glenda Alvarado-Ostrow, 44, son Wyatt Ostrow, 11, and daughter Maya Ostrow, 8.

“It’s so different seeing them in their natural habitat,” William Ostrow said.

“It’s a great way to start the new year – enjoying nature outdoors.”

On their first seal walk, the Ostrow family was captivated by the harbor seals.

“It’s just so nice to be able to go outside and not have too many people here,” said Alvarado-Ostrow.

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“Once you learn more about the plants, and animals you share a home with, I guarantee you will feel more connected to your everyday life and more aware of how your actions influence the world.”

Ramirez said the seals typically stay in the waters surrounding Long Island until springtime, when their “pupping season” begins, at which time seals will head north to give birth to their young.

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“She has always been so great,” Necci Stony Brook University in 2015. said. “..She’s great with kids and helps “One of the reasons I went into teachthem with whatever they need.” ing is because I wanted to make a differNecci said Lasher would ence in students’ lives,” be a “great asset” to MeadLasher said. “I love learnowbrook, and “everybody ing, and I had so many loves her.” teachers who had a pro“We’re excited to see a found impact on me, and I familiar face to East Meadwanted to do that for other ow at Meadowbrook Elemenstudents.” tary School,” Maria Morello She went into special eduand Alisa Lauer, the Meadcation, she said, because owbrook PTA co-presidents, wanted to provide students said in a statement. “We are with the personal resources hopeful that we can work they needed to thrive, noting with her to continue to that every child has differbring fun events to our stuent learning needs. “Really dents in a safe and healthy figuring out what that stuway.” dent’s strengths are and capLasher said she was italizing on those strengths never sure where the teachare so important,” she said. ing path would take her, but Lasher, who grew up in Danielle she was excited to assume Merrick, now lives in Plainlasher administrative roles. “In my view with her husband, other roles, I saw how cruRick, and three children, Incoming prinicpal cial effective leadership was ages 6, 4 and 2. in a building,” she said. “...I She will be missed at the wanted to be able to support students.” middle school. “Woodland’s loss is Lasher said she already has ideas for Meadowbrooks’s gain,” Tracy Pulice, the Woodland PTA corresponding secre- her new role. “I want to really foster a tary, said. “My daughter was so upset to positive working relationship between hear the news because Lasher was her the families at Meadowbrook and the favorite.” Pulice’s daughter Madilynn, school because I know how important that relationship is,” she said. “Our stu13, attends Woodland. dents benefit from those relationships.”

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Kalogiannis puts everything into the PTA continued from front page taking on.

“When you get involved and you start to meet all these amazing people and you get to know them on a better level, like the parents, PTA leaders, school staff and administrators, you really get to see the work they do,” she said. “They all have this united commitment to the students, and I was able to see firsthand how that translates to making Barnum Woods a very special place for the kids.”

Kalogiannis, who earned her bachelor’s in finance from St. John’s University in Queens in 1994, said her favorite PTA position so far has been treasurer. Her last banking position was vice president of Marathon Bank, heading residential lending and consumer compliance before becoming a stay-at-home mom in 2011 making her a perfect fit for treasurer.

At Bar num, her responsibilities include overseeing the fundraising and information committees, ensuring they stay within budget and and their activities comply with school rules and mandates.

For the PTA Council, she said it’s more about being ready to help the PTA units such as McVey or Bowling Green Elementary with their questions and concerns.

She also distributes information they might need from the state.

“Olga is very organized and always a voice of reason,” PTA Council President Donna Goldstein said. “She’s always will-

a history of service 2016: Olga Kalogiannis joins the Barnum Woods PTA 2017-19: BW PTA treasurer 2019-20: BW recording secretary, PTA Council treasurer 2020-21: BW vice president, PTA Council treasurer 2021-22: BW first vice president, PTA Council first vice president ing to do what it takes.”

Kalogiannis moved to East Meadow from Astoria, Queens, with her husband, Theodore, whom she met at Marathon Bank, and Leo in 2014, when Leo was 2.

Theodore is currently a senior vice president at Flushing Bank in Queens.

“All of the PTA stuff intrigues him,” Kalogiannis said of her husband. “Now he gets to see, as do I, what goes on behind the scenes, and you have a newfound respect for everything that happens.”

She said they picked East Meadow as their home because they wanted a place to raise Leo with wide-open spaces and quality schools. She knew no one here, she said, and the PTA helped them acclimate to their new suburban community.

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Liz OLiva-KOng, Left, Olga Kalogiannis and Melanie Fitzgerald, all PTA officers, at Kona Ice Day at Barnum Woods.

“The people I met were so dedicated and wanted to do more for the kids,” she said. “It was inspiring.”

Liz Kong, the Barnum Woods second vice president, who has known Kalogiannis since 2017, when she was president of Barnum Woods and Kalogiannis was treasurer, said her friend is the most “kind-hearted” and “generous” person she has met.

“I can’t say enough about her,” Kong said.

“She always learns whatever she needs to learn to do the best job she can do,” adding, “She always says ‘yes’ to whatever needs to be done.”

Kalogiannis said her favorite activities include Kona Ice Day in June, when Barnum Woods stu- KaLOgiannis dents receive flavored ices Leo, in 2011. during recess. “We let them pick their flavors and they would get Hawaiian leis and they would just sit around the playground and enjoy it,” she said. “It was just so much, and they were thrilled to get the ices.”

She said she has also enjoyed the summer outdoor movie nights in the Barnum Woods courtyard. Parents bring their children, she said, and lay out blankets and set up folding chairs, while the PTA sells popcorn and candy.

“You really get a sense of community,”

became a stay-at-home mom for her son, she said. “The Barnum Woods community really comes out on a night like that. It was really relaxing.”

Kalogiannis said she was unsure what her PTA future holds, but she is excited by the prospects. “I’ve seen what being president of the PTA Council takes, and it’s a lot of work but definitely an honor,” she said. “We’ll see what happens as Leo moves from Barnum to Woodland Middle School.”

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Mallilo named Student of the Quarter Eric Mallilo from the East Meadow School District was named Student of the Quarter at Nassau BOCES GC Tech career and technical education high school. Mallilo, who is studying Automotive Technology, was honored for his grades, attendance, work ethic and preparedness. Students of the Quarter have taken the initiative on class projects, and are role models for their fellow students in both the classroom and the workplace.

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Assemblyman John Mikulin, a Repub- in Levittown. For more information or lican from Bethpage, is joining Long help scheduling an appointment, contact Island Blood Services to host a communi- Ron from the Levittown Fire Department at ronhlawaty@yahoo.com, or ty blood drive on Jan. 27 to contact Long Island Blood address the severe shortage Services at 1-800-933-BLOOD, blood banks across the state or go the following link on are experiencing. He encourtheir website: http://donate. ages everyone who is able to nybc.org/donor/schedules/ donate to make an appointdrive_schedule/284714. ment. All donors will receive “Donating blood is safe, a McDonald’s gift certificate, easy and does not take very courtesy of Long Island Blood long, so please consider Services, and be entered into becoming a donor,” Mikulin a drawing to win a complete said in a statement. “If you Mirror at-home gym package are a longtime donor, we with a 12-month membership.

John Mikulin thank you and need your help “Donating blood is a simagain. The shortage is real ple act of selflessness that almost anyone can give,” Mikulin said in right now and we need help.”

Assemblyman Mikulin represents the a statement. “It is the very definition of paying it forward because you never parts of East Meadow, Bethpage, Levitknow when you or someone you love town, Island Trees, Massapequa, North Massapequa, Plainedge, Seaford, South might be in need.”

The blood drive will be held on Jan. 27 Farmingdale, Uniondale, Wantagh, Westfrom 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Levittown Fire bury (Salisbury) consisting of parts of Department, located at 120 Gardiners Ave. Nassau County.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 1/26/22 at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 87/22. EAST MEADOW Zarina Shareef, Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2-car detached garage., N/E cor. Freeman Ave. & York St., a/k/a 1903 Freeman Ave. N.C.P.C.Local determination.

96/22. EAST MEADOW Ting Xing Zheng d/b/a Long Feng Realty, Variance, rear yard, construct 1-story, 2-story & 2nd story additions all attached to dwelling.

(Demolish existing 2nd story), S/W cor. Putnam Dr. & Stuyvesant Ave., a/k/a 2500 Putnam Dr. N.C.P.C.Local determination.

98/22. LEVITTOWN - Eden Saftchick, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain addition attached to dwelling., N/E cor. Thrush La. & Kingfisher Rd., a/k/a 1 Thrush La. N.C.P.C.Local determination.

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 111/22. EAST MEADOW Craig & Lori Handyside, Mother/Daughter Res. (2nd Kitchen) (Rehearing of Case #965/19)., S/E cor. Oxford St. & Freeman Ave., a/k/a 2446 Oxford St. N.C.P.C.Local determination.

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LEVITTOWN - McDonald’s USA LLC, Special exception for proposed 2nd drive-thru; Install preview board in conjunction with 2nd drive-thru (not permitted); Install menu board in conjunction with 2nd drive-thru (not permitted)., N/s Hempstead Tpke., 321.44’ W/o Berger Ave., a/k/a 3839 Hempstead Tpke.

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ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in East Meadow and Levittown within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are

additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 858/Hearing---01262022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that commencing on February 15th, 2022, will sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer

by February 11th, 2022 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property.

Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six-month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code.

Effective with the February 2019 lien sale Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale.

Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucount y n y. g o v / 5 2 6 / C o u n t y Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an inperson auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February 2022 at

the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: http://www.nassaucounty ny.gov/DocumentCenter/ View/17674 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February 03rd, 2022.

Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities.

Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audiotape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext.

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Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, NewYork ___________________ TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of

foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid.

Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding, 1. The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s)

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to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

2. The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to

any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

3. The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

4. If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made in connection with said bid shall be forfeited.

Dated: January 12, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY

TREASURER Mineola, New York 129230

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU BEI WANG, Plaintiff against- JOHNNY XING LIU A/K/A EN HUI LIU, Defendant.

Pursuant to a certain Interlocutory Judgment in the above-captioned partition action dated November 4, 2021 and entered on November 9, 2021, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court Building, located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501 on March 14, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. the premises situate, lying

and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, known and designated as Section 50, Block 234, Lot 72 as shown on the Tax Map of the County of Nassau, said premises being known as 2245 7th Street, East Meadow, New York 11554.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Interlocutory Judgment under Index Number 602458/2020.

Evan D. Van LeerGreenberg, Esq., Referee Law Office of Matthew S. Porges 32 Court Street, Suite 904 Brooklyn, New York 11201 Phone: 718-673-2578 Attorney for Plaintiff Dated: January 11, 2022 129260 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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A. Not much, except decide whether you want a ridiculous-looking room with a jog in the wall or want to spend the money and time to go through the zoning variance process. When I see cases like this, I understand the intent of the law, but not the “spirit” of the law.

The intent is to prevent the construction of buildings too close to a properonte eeper ty line, based on historical catastrophes such as the London fire and the Chicago fire, both of which saw hundreds of lives lost and tens of thousands of buildings destroyed, mainly because of their closeness to one another and their ability to burn easily.

We live in a modern age in which materials have been tested, analyzed, certified and regulated to limit flame spread, and communities have been set up with strict guidelines to leave spaces between buildings for safety and appearance. But knowing, or not remembering, this, communities may invoke the strictness of the law like a stern punishment, or look at the separate conditions and merits of each case, deciding that your straight wall versus a jogged wall isn’t going to hurt anyone and, being located on the side or behind your house, isn’t going to detract from the character of the community.

Some building departments have been given the flexibility to make these decisions, to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and have the authority to give approval for minor issues. Some municipalities have even gone so far as to pass ordinances allowing the discretion of building departments to allow for the alignment of built structures, previously approved, on the first story. It makes sense not to put homeowners through an unnecessary hearing process, sometimes costing thousands of dollars and many months of delay, just so they can have a straight wall.

Allowing alignment with a previously approved part of a building isn’t the same as having a flammable wall too close to a property line or another building. In the long run, a variance will be worth it. Otherwise the weird wall shift won’t be understood or be beneficial to you. Good luck!

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hen U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi announced his Democratic primary run against Gov. Kathy Hochul, it may have seemed like a D’Amato moment.

Alfonse D’Amato, then the Town of Hempstead supervisor, saw a glimmer of political daylight in 1980, when he decided to reach for the political gold ring of U.S. senator from New York.

Defeating the legendary three-term incumbent Jacob Javits was deemed impossible by every political pundit and commentaRoNAlD j. tor, and you assumed RoSENbERg would’ve that not even the bookies would take your bet.

Yet D’Amato successfully navigated every political rapid to secure victory, a win that stands to this day as testimony to astute political analysis, hard work and an indomitable belief in oneself.

When Suozzi first announced his intention to run against Hochul, he rightly assumed that state Attorney General Letitia James would remain a Democratic primary candidate for governor. Given her left-wing credentials, combined with the progressive candidate for that office, Jumaane Williams, Suozzi reasoned that moderate Democrats would look for a “safe

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really needed to get on the Smart HQ website to get my new G.E. Café Series kitchen appliances online. Oh, you didn’t know? You must have internet-friendly ovens and cooktops these days. That way, you can put a meatloaf in the oven, go into the city for the day, use your phone to remotely turn on the oven and then turn it off remotely when the meatloaf is done.

Think of it. You can put a stew in your new microwave, which can nuke, bake, air fry or mow the lawn, cook it while you’re out and RANDI return to a preKREISS pared meal. Or a wildfire, but let’s not go there.

My old gas stove was dumb as an ox.

Turn the knob, light the flame and simmer the soup. Could it tell time? Could it get automatic updates from the Wizard of Oz behind some screen at G.E.? Could it beep maniacally when the food was done?

No, no and no. And get this: All my old refrigerator could do was keep food cold.

My new one can make ice cubes of a par-

house” from which to escape the Democrats’ lurch to the left. He certainly has the credentials to be that moderate.

But with James backing out of the race, the political threat from the left that Suozzi had expected to help rally centrist Democrats evaporated. Williams doesn’t have the recognition, sufficient base or fundraising capabilities for a credible statewide race. That leaves Hochul in a powerful place, because she has the means to outflank Suozzi on any number of fronts.

She’s reportedly playing hardball: Word has it she has already told potential donors, “Either you’re with me or I’m against you.” This tactic has obviously worked, because the entire Long Island Democratic State Senate and Assembly delegation has thrown its support to the Buffalo-based Hochul rather than Suozzi.

She is also dominating the New York City political news cycle. Her recent effort used the power of her office to dangle support for infrastructure projects that would make the lives of people who likely would have voted for Williams far easier. Her proposal to create an interborough express line from Brooklyn to Queens would allow an underutilized 14-mile freight line to potentially connect some 900,000 residents to mass transit. The concept has been discussed by others over the years, but a gubernatorial news conference in the dead

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of winter makes news. The proposal quickly won the endorsement of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.

That leaves Suozzi holding virtual town hall meetings with potential primary voters while firing off verbal sniper rounds at Hochul’s handling of Covid19. He must hope she will be pushed to the left on any number of issues, which could motivate the Democratic middle to take to the primary polls. And the left may just do that.

The insanity of bail “reform” has effectively jeopardized every Democrat in office — just ask Laura Curran and Todd Kaminsky.

The new Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, said he would not prosecute shoplifters or those who don’t use a gun in the commission of a robbery, and if a gun were used, they would only be charged with a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor for armed robbery?

Completely insane.

New York City has also signed into law a bill that allows an estimated 800,000 noncitizens to vote in municipal elections (which Republicans have sued to overturn as being unconstitutional). Say what? Welcome to the new New York City, which may be even worse than the New York City under recent Mayor Bill de Blasio, who can only be compared to a communist.

Is Hochul prepared to endorse the actions of fellow Democrats that are at

om Suozzi no doubt thought he had the perfect opportunity to run for governor.

odds with the fundamental ethics of lawabiding citizens? What tightrope will she walk because of the actions of the progressive wing of her party that would make moderate Democrats flee to anyone willing to stand against that tide?

There is another massive political force out there — Andrew Cuomo. He has sent out emails to everyone who has ever breathed politics to say “stay tuned” now that criminal charges against him have been dismissed. He need not actually run for office to be a force. He has millions of unspent campaign dollars that could be quietly directed to any statewide race, even to someone for whom he has previously expressed antipathy, like Tom Suozzi. It would be in Cuomo’s character to act as a spoiler.

Suozzi may, or may not, be able to replicate the political roadmap that allowed D’Amato to seize victory after victory during the autumn of 1980, resulting in a statewide win on election night. However, today’s political environment is more combustible, more unpredictable and more unforgiving than ever before. By their actions, progressive ideologues could very well determine a surprising outcome in this year’s Democratic primary for governor – one they won’t like.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

Can your stove talk to you? ticular shape, and make coffee in a gizmo set right into the front door.

Back to the Smart HQ app. You can do nothing without the app, so I downloaded it onto my phone, entered a username and a password. Then — I admit, with much trepidation — I approached my wall oven. I hit “WiFi enable,” as instructed, and everything went pretty much downhill from there.

My phone said it couldn’t connect to my oven, that I had to enter a new password. So I did. Then my phone said it had to verify my identity on another device, so it sent a code to my iPad, which was upstairs. I ran upstairs and right into my husband, who was running downstairs to verify his identity on his iPhone for a bank transaction.

I got my code, dashed back to the oven and signed on again to the app. This time it asked for “further verification.” Pictures appeared. It asked me to check off all the photos in the boxes containing traffic lights. The photos were tiny. And my reading glasses were in the car, so I ran outside, got the glasses, searched the photos on my phone for traffic lights, won-

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dered what I did to deserve this and somehow got it right. Then I was asked to verify the obvious: that I am not a robot.

After three hours and 20 minutes, with a break for a cold salad, since I didn’t feel like cooking anything, I got the Smart HQ app downloaded onto my phone, and I got all my new appliances online. Instantly, the clocks on the stove, the wall oven, the microwave and refrigerator synchronized. Clearly, I was in some kind of technological G-spot.

When I eventually got the ovens and cooktop online, there was an authorization request asking that I give the G.E. Wizard of Oz the ability to turn my appliances off and on, update them remotely or fix a problem.

I signed.

I have a creepy feeling now that in our ongoing relationship, my microwave has the upper hand. It is, apparently, the hooha upscale version of the plain vanilla microwave. This one can sense what food you have inside, determine the right time and temp and serve up your ribs just right.

It doesn’t just zap. It can convection bake

hat if my fridge, microwave and wall oven team up and take over?

and air fry as well. It can proof your bread dough.

My dad always told me, “Don’t have machines that are smarter than you are,” but that was a moot point when I bought my first pencil sharpener.

What if my microwave goes rogue? I mean, I could be out for the day and the microwave could talk to the refrigerator and they could recruit the wall oven and I could come home to a full-blown coup d’état.

The wall oven, whom I call Hal, wants to know if I prefer to roast, bake, convention bake, convection roast or air fry?

What it can’t do is cook a hamburger, which is what I happen to want to eat much of the time.

To give credit: These ovens will clean themselves with super-high heat or steam with the press of a few buttons. That’s impressive. My gas stove couldn’t do that.

But then again, the big old ox was reliable as the day is long, all iron and heat and natural gas.

These new-fangled thingies answer to different gods, all digital and remote and dead on arrival without the right passwords.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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assau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder convened a news conference on Jan. 13 to make a point: The state’s bail reform law, enacted in January 2020, needs further reform — specifically, he seemed to suggest, for charges of illegal gun possession.

Right now, an offender who is in possession of an illegal firearm can be released without bail. That wasn’t the case before January 2020, when judges had the discretion to hold such suspects on bail.

The 2020 bail reform law, however, essentially states that these offenders can get out of jail free while waiting to make a plea or go to trial, provided they haven’t shot anyone. (Violent crimes are eligible for bail.)

At the new Nassau County Police Department Academy, a shiny white building that rises out of a back field at Nassau Community College in Garden City, Ryder displayed eight illegal handguns last Thursday, all seized by police during car stops since the start of the year. He noted that Nassau had already had eight gun arrests this year, compared with only two in the same time frame in 2021.

Whether there were more illegal guns in circulation in the county at the start of the year, or police were out looking for them more ardently, was unclear.

Asked by the Herald, Ryder did not say whether he believed the bail reform law should be nixed, and the news conference ended abruptly shortly afterward. “Bail reform,” Ryder said, “is important . . . It needs to be fixed.”

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letters Thanks for Brinton’s column To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “‘Biking Borders’ brings out the best of humanity” (Jan. 6-12): After reading it, I had to watch the documentary. Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this delightful and important film.

I come from a family of avid bicyclists, and will tell them all to watch. And I will be donating to the ultra-worthy cause, Pencils of Promise, highlighted in the film and in Brinton’s column.

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We agree that judges should have the discretion to assign bail in cases of illegal gun possession. Ryder ticked off a list of eight defendants, all of whom face possession charges and all of whom were released without bail.

We can’t say what, if anything, any of these defendants might have done or not done with these weapons if police hadn’t discovered them. We can say, however, that any illegal gun represents the potential for violence.

Most crimes are not committed with guns, according to the FBI. Most gun crimes (more than 65 percent in New York), however, are committed with illegal handguns. Judges should have the discretion to set bail in cases of illegal gun possession, particularly cases when a defendant has a long record of arrest and prosecution.

This is not to suggest that bail reform must be overturned, as so many conservatives suggest. It simply requires further adjustment.

Clearly, there is, in Nassau County at least, a high degree of electoral support for doing away with bail reform. New District Attorney Anne Donnelly, a Republican, made it a cornerstone of her campaign last fall, running numerous TV commercials suggesting that violent criminals are being released from jail onto our streets. That, in large part, explains her defeat of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, the Democratic candidate for the post, who was, at one point, considered the favorite.

New County Executive Bruce Blakeman, also a Republican, wants bail reform repealed as well. He said so in his inaugu-

ral speech, arguing, “Criminals have more rights than victims. Enough is enough.”

That was hyperbole, but there is a definite public perception among many that criminals have been prioritized over victims. Further tweaking the law to ensure that judges can assign bail to those caught with illegal guns would go a long way toward changing people’s minds.

That’s important. Bail reform remains a critical piece of legislation in the State Legislature’s recent efforts to ensure social justice for all, including in the criminal justice system.

Here’s what we wrote in a December 2019 editorial: ”The new law will allow most defendants who are charged with nonviolent crimes and misdemeanors to be released after their arraignment without having to make bail. Hardliners have argued against the new law, saying it will allow thousands of potential offenders onto our streets, where they could continue their criminal ways.

“News flash: Any one of these offenders could have been on the streets in the past, if only they had had the cash to make bail, but they didn’t, so they stayed locked up.

Meanwhile, if you were affluent enough to afford bail, you got out of jail, and were free to carry on with your life with your family — and potentially earn a living.”

The previous system favored wealthy over poor offenders, who were, according to statistics, most often Black or Latino.

We thus urge our legislators to continue tweaking the bail-reform law, without doing away with it.

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have been blessed to raise my hand and pledge to serve my community as an elected official many times over the past 16 years. However, last Monday was the first — and hopefully, last — time that I will take the oath of office in my living room.

I had looked forward to joining my colleagues on Jan. 10 for inaugural ceremonies marking the start of the 14th session of the Nassau County Legislature and my third term as a legislator. However, on Sunday, the 9th, I felt congestdebra ed, unusually tired and was coughing, muLé sneezing and had a runny nose.

Initially, I figured it was probably the cold that I seem to get every winter, but I am loathe to assume anything — especially as the Omicron variant continues to spread so

rapidly. So I took a Covid-19 home test, and it came back positive.

Physically, I felt all right. My booster shot did its job, and my symptoms were like those of a common cold. The discomfort I was experiencing didn’t inhibit my ability to work full-time for the residents of the 5th Legislative District. And, through the marvels of modern technology, I was “in the room” virtually to be administered the oath of office by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer with my minority caucus colleagues.

No matter how busy you may be, though, being hunkered down for a few days leads to contemplation and reflection.

My experience illustrates how vaccines and boosters are key to preventing severe illness from the coronavirus. Since the emergence of Omicron, data from the state Department of Health continues to show that fully vaccinated people are

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he day before I was sworn into the Legislature, I felt lousy, and guess what?

Letters Who’s paying for the relief?

To the Editor: There is more to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer's announcement that the Federal Transit Administration released a $6 billion grant to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for CARE Covid-19 relief. This grant brings the total amount of CARE funding from Washington for the MTA to $14 billion.

What Schumer neglected to say was how much of this funding has been paid for, rather than how much has been borrowed, adding to our national debt of $29 trillion and growing. “It is a public service,” he said, “and the higher percentage we get from city, state and federal help, the better.”

Funding for the MTA has long been a four-way partnership among what riders pay at the farebox along with city, state and federal funding.

much less likely to get Covid-19 and much less likely to be hospitalized with breakthrough cases. If you want to get vaccinated or boosted, go to https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/5126/COVID-19-VaccineInformation to find a site near you.

My breakthrough case didn’t shake my belief in masks as one of the key tools to slow the spread of Covid-19 and other airborne illnesses. In a recent Newsday report, Jack Caravanos, clinical professor of environmental public health sciences at the NYU School of Global Public Health in Manhattan, stated clearly that while N95 and KN95 masks are most effective, cloth and surgical masks are still beneficial — especially if everyone in a room is wearing them.

That, perhaps, is the biggest point of all of this: By protecting yourself, you are protecting all of us. Why not err on the side of caution if there is a potential benefit to others? In all honesty, I don’t like to

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Commuters and Washington always ante up. Will Schumer hold one of his news conferences to ask Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Steward Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to increase Albany’s contribution? Will he also ask New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Comptroller Brad Ladner and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to increase City Hall’s contribution?

Schumer never explained why many other transit agencies around the nation already received their second and third rounds of funding ahead of the MTA. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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wear a mask — I suspect no one does. I do it to protect myself, those I love and people I don’t know.

Over the past several years, I have grown disheartened by how deceit, division and political ambition have been amplified to undermine our faith in our institutions and drive wedges between us.

It is profoundly unhealthy.

Especially now, caring for one another is essential to repairing the fabric of our society. We need to protect the most vulnerable among us — those who are too young to get the vaccine, the immunocompromised and those who have other underlying conditions that would make Covid-19 especially perilous.

As we embark on this new year — a time for healing and growth — it is my fervent prayer for us to work together to end this public health crisis once and for all, and renew our belief in the pursuit of the common good.

Debra Mulé, of Freeport, was first elected to the Nassau County Legislature in 2017.

She represents the 5th Legislative District.

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